Periodical dispenser



July 10, 1945.

J. TAlT I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 5, 1942 be economical to'manufacture;

, spective of its size, as, for instance, a

edition or athick Sunday edition.

PatentedjJuly 10,-1945 I '12 mmmcmnisrmsm Qjj' g lohnl Tait, sen Franciscp cahfl V App lica t'ion'0ctobcr'5,1942, Serial No, massif 2 o m. e +3.

operated type, thus permitting a p'ersonto secure a'paperuat any hour he desires. I I

.2-Inthe accompanying drawingswherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a; preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be noted that the-numeral 5 designates the support upon which my-device is mounted. M device is essentially a'cabinet having a front portion 6, a back por tion-"8- and an inclined'bottom as shown-at '9',

and a hinge cover as shown at II. It willbe:

-: noted that the forward edgeof the inclined botwalLjtelephone poles, etc., and a device which will fAfurther object is'to produce a devicejwherein only one paper will be dispensedat' some, irre- 'QA still further object is to produce a device wherein the periodicals are protected'a'gainst the elements and against a" person receiving jmor'e than one paper at each'operation'of the machine.

, Other objects andadvantages will be apparent during the course of the following description;

In; the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification'and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, I

Fig. I is a side elevation of my device, particularly in cross section. I

Fig.- II is a front elevational view of my device. Fig. III is an enlarged fragmentary, cross sectional view, showing the dispensing roller.

Fig. IV is a similar view showing the dispensing roller partly'rotatedand discharging paper.

Fig, V is an enlargedfragmentary, cross sectional view showing a coin-controlled mechanism.

Fig. VI is a fragmentary "front elevationof the a dispensing roller. Fig. VII is a diagrammatic illustration of a ball clutch to prevent retrograde-movement.

thin eny tomais spacedfrom'the backhof the frontand slightly therebelow." 'This permits a 'stackfof papers, as shown at A, to ride downwardly on'the inclined bottom and to abut the back of'thefront Botthe'cabinet; I V I "-Mounted' below the forward endof the inclined bottom 9 .isa dispensingiroller I2,..whichisr.o- I .tated'byia hand lever 13.. .Thisdispensingroller is mounted" so as to be rotated in onedirection only, and is controlled by a ball clutch I4. or by any other type. of device to prevent retrograde movement. I

In. the present instance, the 'ball I I/contacts an'inclined surface, which causes a pinching ac- I tion between the wedge and the, groove I6 when the shaft is rotated in a clockwise direction as 26 within whichis mounted a gripper 21, the pur- I Fig. VIII is a, fragmentary detail view showing a gauge plate which is slidably adjusted through the medium of a pin and spaced openings there through. I

Newspapers and similar periodicals are'usually dispensed through the medium ofne'ws vendors, located at strategic points. The average news vendor-only keeps his post a portion off the day and oftena person cannot secure a paper when.

desired. This is particularly tru in inclement weather. During the present war crisis,*vendors are hard to secure, and therefore applicant has invented an automatic vendor of the coin-'- shown in Fig. V. This type of clutch is Well known and is often referred to'as an over-running clutch. Intermediate ofthe roller I2 and the portion I6 is a locking disc I! which has a slot I8 formed therein anda' lifting cam I9 formed thereon. The bent nose 2I of the pivotal lever 22 engages a slot I8 and is normally held therein by a spring 23; The opposite end of this lever 22 passes beneath the lower end of the coin slot 24, the purpose of whichis to be later seen.

Formed in the roller I2 is a longitudinal slot pose of which will be later disclosed. I The gripper is a plate rigidly secured to the shaft of crank handle I3. e

Slidably positioned at the lower end of the inclinedbottom 9 is a gauge plate 28, which may be manually advanced or retracted toaccommodate thick or thin editions of the publication to be dispensed, adjustment being made by a pin passing through holes in the slide 28 and engaging the vertical wall 30.

The operation of my device is as follows: Assuming a stack of papers had been'placed within the cabinet, as indicated at A in Fig. I. The foremost paper in the stack will drop into the longi-' tudinal opening 26, and the machine is ready to dispense. I

the'roller l2 in a clock-wise direction, as viewed in Figs. III and IV, and as the lever I3 is directly v connected to the gripper 21, the first movement of the handle will cause the gripper to move against the paper and pinch it against the roller, as indicated in Fig. IV. Continued rotation of the roller will cause cam H! to engage the nose 2| of the lever 22, raising it further and allowing the coin to move from beneath the coin slot and fall into the coin receptacle.

As the roller is rotated the free end of the paper will wrap around the roller until it has passed the top of the opening in the front of the cabinet, when it will project outwardly, as shown in Fig. IV. The paper is now grasped and pulled from the machine. 7

The next succeeding paper will ride upon the surface of the roller and be in position to drop into the slot 26 as soon as the roller is returned to its normal' position, where it will become locked against further rotation and retrograde movement will be prevented by the ball clutch 14. Thus it will be seen that I have produced a device which will accomplish all of the objects above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my:

invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a dispensing device, a cabinet having a front wall consisting of a vertical portion and an outwardly bowed lower portion, a back portion and an inclined member extending from said back portion downwardly toward the bottom of said vertical portion and terminating short thereof and at a point slightly below the bottom of said vertical portion to provide a discharge opening, a horizontal bottom mounted below said inclined member and spaced from the lower edge of said bowed portion to forma dispensing slot, a gauge plate secured to said inclined member whereby the width of said discharge opening my be regulated, a slotted dispensing roller rotatably positioned beneath said discharge opening, a gripper plate movably mounted in said roller slot to engage an article in said roller slot to be dispensed, a hand lever connected to said gripper plate and article topress said plate and article against a wall of said roller slot and thereby actuate said roller whereby an article from said cabinet will be dispensed from said dispensing slot.

2. In a dispensing device, a cabinet having a front wall consisting of a vertical portion and an outwardly bowed lower portion, a back portion and an inclined member extending from said back portion downwardly toward the bottom of said vertical portion and terminating short thereof and at a point slightly below the bottom of said vertical portion to provide 'a discharge opening, a horizontal bottom mounted below said inclined member and spaced from the lower edge of said bowed portion to form a dispensing slot, a gauge plate secured to said inclined member whereby the width of said discharge opening may be regulated, a slotted dispensing roller rotatably positioned beneath said discharge opening, a gripper plate movably mounted in said roller slot to engage an article in said roller slot to be dispensed, a hand lever connected to said gripper plate and article to press said plate and article against a wall of said roller slot and thereby actuate said roller, whereby a long flexible article will be drawn from said discharge opening and rolled about said roller until the free end of said flexible article will leave said roller through its inherent springiness and project through said dispensing slot, and means for preventing retrograde movement of said roller and means for locking said roller at the end of each revolution, said means including a coin operated lever, having a nose engaging a second slot formed in said roller.

JOHN TAIT. 

